This was supposed to be 'Crispy chilli beef' but it turned out to be so sweet instead. The kids loved this sweet version and Didi awarded me 100 points and Meimei gave me a trillion thousand hundred points, out of 10! hahahha....Didi went on to declare that 'Mummy is THE best chef'.
Somehow, the mix of ingredients ended up giving this dish a taste rather similar to the sweet and sour sauce. The beef was fried until it's crispy but it also made the kitchen very oily. I wouldn't mind cooking this again if I can somehow reduce the oiliness from the frying.
The recipe was adapted from the 'BBC goodfood website' that I've linked in my attempt at cooking the Creamy masala chicken.
Ingredients
Oil, for frying
300g beef, cut into thin strips and tossed with 3 tbsp cornflour
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
5cm ginger, sliced into strips (I cut it thicker so that the kids can still see it and not end up eating them)
2 1/2 tsp chilli powder
4 tbsp soy sauce, mixed with 4 1/2 tbsp sugar
1/3 lemon, juiced
Method
1. Heat sufficient amount of oil for deep frying the beef strips, until very hot. Fry the beef in batches until they turn dark and crispy. Remove and leave them aside.
2. Pour off most of the oil. Stir fry the garlic, ginger, chilli powder for a short while (about 1 min).
3. Add the sweetened soy sauce and lemon juice, cook for about 2 min. Toss in the fried beef strips and serve fresh.
**For the spicy version, reduce the amount of sugar to probably about half the stated amount. At the same time, reduce the amount of chilli powder as well to probably about 1 1/2 tsp.
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